Stepping up efforts to support Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion is “the best thing” to be done to help the global economy, in addition to supporting developing countries, said US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday July 16. A “key priority” is of “redouble our support for Ukraine”, she insisted during a press conference. The leader is taking part in Gandhinagar, in western India, in a meeting of the major financiers of the G7 countries on Sunday before attending a meeting of the G20 Finances in the same city on Monday and Tuesday. Follow our live.
Korean President announces increased support from Seoul to Kyiv. On Saturday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol promised to“increase the scale” of its humanitarian aid and non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine. It will increase to 150 million dollars in 2023 against 100 million dollars in 2022, he assured. The South Korean leader made the announcement after meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in kyiv, during a surprise visit to Ukraine. Before meeting with the Ukrainian president, Yoon Suk-yeol went to the town of Boutcha, the scene of a massacre of civilians attributed to the Russian army, and to Irpin.
kyiv says 494 children have died since the start of the war. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on Telegram, 494 children have been killed and 1,552 injured since the start of the war in Ukraine. The world notes that “these figures are continuously rising due to census work in combat zones”.
Vladimir Putin believes that the “main” objective of the Ukrainian grain agreement is not “realized”. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the “major” goal of the Ukrainian grain deal, which expires on Monday, had not been met, in a phone call with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa. “Vladimir Putin stressed that the obligations set out in the Russia-UN memorandum on the removal of obstacles for the export of Russian food products and fertilizers are still not fulfilled”the Kremlin wrote in a statement.